Chapter 283 Longevity Village
After a whole day, Xu An's feet finally set foot on the land of Hezibao once again.
The journey wasn't very smooth, mainly because of the two little ones, Xu Kang and Xu Le. It wasn't that they were being naughty or disobedient; it's just that they both got carsick!
There are direct buses from Xujia Village to Haishi, and the two little ones have taken them many times without ever getting carsick. Therefore, Xu An naturally assumed that the two little ones wouldn't get carsick.
Most of the roads in Hezibao are dirt roads. When it rains, the roads are full of potholes and very bumpy when a car drives over them.
Then, ten minutes after boarding the bus, the two little ones gloriously vomited...
Fortunately, the passengers on this train were already used to this, and when they saw that Xu An didn't have any plastic bags, they even gave him a few...
She vomited for an hour out of the two-hour bus ride, cried for an hour and a half, and then spent half an hour yelling that she didn't want to go mushroom picking anymore and wanted to go home...
Seeing the two little ones vomiting bile, their faces flushed from crying, their hair completely soaked with sweat and clinging to their faces, Xu An felt a pang of heartache and regret that he had rushed out this time.
But now that we're here and have already suffered, we should naturally have some fun, otherwise all this suffering would have been for nothing.
When we went there in the tractor later, the road was still bumpy, but because the tractor was an open space, the two little ones regained some of their spirits and at least stopped clamoring to go home.
Before the car had even come to a complete stop, Li Sixin saw a group of people gathered in the distance, waving at him and shouting for him to slow down.
"It's really no problem. The smell is even stronger today. And if he comes over now, he'll be able to smell it!" Xu An patted his chest and said confidently.
"...When we first started working, we were required to wear protective gear such as anti-droplet masks and head coverings. Most of us were reluctant to accept it. Initially, we had to pay seven dollars for each instance of wearing them before the young men would obediently follow the procedures..."
But he looked to be at least in his early eighties. Engineer Chen clearly saw how nimbly we were working with the hoes. He was more agile than most people, and he looked like a forty-seven-year-old!
Why----
Hezibao told the young man about it without any hesitation, which, in a way, put pressure on Engineer Chen, fearing that I might go back on my word.
As Hezibao recounted the story, Engineer Chen took in the sights of the people working in the underground courtyard and the various crops.
"Secretary Li, the weather is fine now, so the young man can still work outside in the field. But what if it's windy or rainy, or if the weather gets hotter, then he won't be able to work anymore, right?" Engineer Chen couldn't help but ask this question after walking around.
Walking through the weeds and over the crumbling wall, I quickly approached the factory building. Looking out through the windows, some with glass and some without, the outside was completely empty, unlike what I remembered…
Aside from the incredibly convenient transportation, Xu Dongliang's place is truly a place of terrible mountains, rivers, and bad water!
Gu Jiayi has also received customer feedback that the goods are not as described or that they are substandard. The most common problem is that some items are damaged during slow delivery.
Xu Dongliang's side is indeed very unusual. Whether it's homegrown or wild crops, he only picks out the bad ones to sell, and you can only see half a good one after walking around.
"Grandpa, how old is he now?" Looking at our white-haired appearance, Engineer Chen couldn't help but ask.
On the way down the mountain, we encountered many people, but none of them were Xu Dongliang's villagers or Xingchang Village's villagers. They were all carrying long bamboo poles and vigorously smashing the fruit off several trees, causing the fruit hanging under the trees to fall up with a 'rustling' sound.
"...Currently, there are no more than seventy people responsible for packaging the mushroom soup packets. Ten people work on each line, and each line can package an average of two to eight hundred packets per hour. The total daily output is around eight thousand seven hundred servings..."
"Oh, thank you, Mr. Xu! You never bring bad news when you come!" Several people nearby quickly gathered around, their smooth little hands shaking Fang Piao's hands.
After saying that, Fang Piaojie invited Engineer Chen to walk towards the area where she had planned to plant hot pot peppers, and reported the progress of the project to Engineer Chen as they walked.
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"Hahaha, when Boss Xu came over last time, he planned to buy all the Sichuan peppercorns we picked! Hahahaha!"
Upon hearing this, everyone's gaze shifted from beneath Hezibao to beneath Engineer Chen, their faces filled with anticipation.
"...The poverty alleviation office rejected it, but it was almost rejected by the next level of department. We applied for a loan of 1.7 million yuan, which was too low... Professor Wei intervened and guaranteed it, and that's how it got approved... Okay, about the other party..."
All the small square tables used for the banquet were brought out. Four square tables were put together to form a long strip, with long benches placed on both sides of the square tables. One person was on each bench, and behind each person was a large electronic scale with numbers accurate to the gram.
"The total amount can't be less than eight tons." As he spoke, He Zibao glanced at Engineer Chen and then slowly looked away, asking casually, "Did you manage to sell that Sichuan pepper outside Taobao store?"
"Have all these Sichuan pepper trees been picked?" Fang Piao asked with a smile, pointing to the bare trunks of the Sichuan pepper trees.
"You are forty-seven years old this year!" the old man said proudly, revealing his age.
Unexpectedly, eight people suddenly appeared on Xu Dongliang's side!
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